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In Our Collection, we’ve carefully curated and constructed everything you need to ‘Parent Technology’ all in one place. Tap into the Braintrust for the Whys, Whats and How-Tos, with our Gold Star Articles, Best Practices, Guides.

Our Family Agreement and TimeWise Calculator are tools designed to help you engage your kids in the conversation, and our Tech Tips offer video instructions for easy implementation.

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Best Practices

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Tech Questions to Ask Your School

Best Practices for Managing Social Media

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Best Practices for Managing Screen Time

Our Guides

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Our Complete Guide to Mac’s Screen Time (For catalina)

Our Complete Guide to OurPact

Our Complete Guide to TikTok

The Many Scenarios of Screen Time

Our Complete Guide to the Major Content Providers

An Introduction to Bark

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Our Guide to Apple Screen Time Set Up

Our Complete Guide to Web Filtering and Browsers

Our Complete Guide to Apple’s Parental Controls (iOS 11)

Our Complete Guide to Mac’s Parental Controls

Our Complete Guide to Apple’s Family Sharing

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Parental Controls – Amazon Fire

Our Complete Guide to Facebook

Our Complete Guide to Youtube Kids

Our Complete Guide to Snapchat

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Our Complete Guide to Instagram

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Parenting Technology Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Texting Line How It Works What Can I Ask? Invite Me Our Complete Guide to Instagram What are the key features of Instagram? InstaFeed Teens can see the best moments in their friends lives, follow [...]

Our Complete Guide to YouTube

Our Tools

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Parenting Technology Talking Points

Summer – Our Screen Time Plan

How Screen Time Works in My Family

How Screen Time Works in My Family Step 1 of 7 Let's start with your first child: 1 2 +3 Knowing this information helps us to customize recommendations for your child. saving... Which Apple devices does use? Select all that apply: iPhone iPad iPod Touch Mac If uses any of the following and you have concerns, select them below: Chromebook [...]

Our Family Agreement

Our Family Agreement According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): “Parents play an important role in helping children and teens navigate media [which] means teaching them how to use it as a tool to create, connect and learn.” By knowing your child’s approximate age, we can better customize the information so we can present it to you! Add Child [...]

What to Expect: The Major Inflection Points

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Parenting Technology Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Texting Line How It Works What Can I Ask? Invite Me What to Expect: The Major Inflection Points Inflection Points One thing’s for sure about screen time is that it’s not going away. Be prepared [...]

The Social Emotional Well-Being Scale

Our TimeWise Calculator

Gold Star Articles

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Social Media: What’s the Right Amount of Time?

Screen Time: The Major Concerns

Screen Time: The Major Concerns TABLE OF CONTENTS D.N.T. #1 Technology is materially altering our relationships For the first time, teens report that they now prefer texting to spending time with friends in-person according to a recent study by Common Sense Media. This is a significant and eye-brow raising shift, particularly when we know that personal contact has sustained our [...]

Apple’s Parental Controls: The Overview

Screen Time at a High Level

Screen Time at a High Level Dear Friends, If there’s one reverberant theme to parenting in the 21st century, it’s our collective concern about screen time and the effect it’s having on our kids. In fact, the top parenting concern today is the overuse of technology. Inevitably, the subject comes up while we’re talking with friends over dinner, at a school [...]

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What’s the Right Amount of Screen Time?

What's The Right Amount of Screen Time? With headlines questioning “Have Smartphone’s Destroyed a Generation?” and citing “These are the Alarming Effects Screen Time Has on a Child's Brain”, the controversy around the impact of screens on today’s youth continues to swirl. Furthering the confusion is the many educational and creative benefits of screen time, as well as data showing [...]

Why ‘Parenting Technology’ is So Hard

What to Expect: The Major Inflection Points

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Parenting Technology Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Texting Line How It Works What Can I Ask? Invite Me What to Expect: The Major Inflection Points Inflection Points One thing’s for sure about screen time is that it’s not going away. Be prepared [...]

Social Media: Our Teens’ Favorite Platforms

Our Teens' Favorite Platforms Here's Where Our Teens Are Spending Their Time: What To Know About Our Teens' Favorite Platforms Snapchat What Teens Love The user interface makes it so easy for teens to snap and share photos. Fun features keep teens engaged from the filters to games, and then Snapstreaks, a running tally of how frequently you communicate with friends, [...]

Social Media: The Major Concerns

Social Media: The Major Concerns Sleep The extent to which social media interferes with quality sleep is surprising in its pervasiveness, with 1 in 5 teens checking their phones in the middle of the night. Not only is mental health and well-being closely associated with sleep, but also a new study finds that the lack of sleep contributes to feelings [...]

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How Social Media Is Changing Teen Culture

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Parenting Technology Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Texting Line How It Works What Can I Ask? Invite Me How Social Media Is Changing Teen Culture There is no doubt that social media has had a major impact on shaping teen culture. It [...]

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Social Media at a High Level

Social Media at a High Level Dear Friends, We set out to get to the bottom of social media and what we need to know about it for our kids. With so many provocative headlines warning parents about the dangers of social media alongside others extolling its benefits, it’s no wonder we have whiplash. Our Heard It From A Friend [...]

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What’s the Right Amount of Time to Spend on Social Media?

Social Media: What Teens are Saying

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